Bridgeview courthouse judge resigns

A Cook County judge has submitted her resignation after she was issued a disorderly conduct citation following a recent traffic incident in which police said she used racial slurs.

The resignation of Marcella Lipinski, 66, who serves in the Bridgeview courthouse, will be effective Dec. 31, an Illinois Supreme Court spokesman confirmed Thursday. Lipinski could not be reached for comment.

Bridgeview presiding Judge David Sterba said he has restricted Lipinski to peerforming marriages.

Lipinski submitted her resignation Nov. 7, two days after Homewood police ticketed her for disorderly conduct. According to police, Lipinski was stopped at a red light on 175th Street near Dixie Highway when another driver hit her car while pulling out of a gas station. The driver, a 30-year-old African-American woman, told police that it appeared that Lipinski was going to let her into the lane but then pulled up causing her to hit her car.

The driver told police that Lipinski got out of her car, confronted her and slammed her purse on the car. Police said she was belligerent and used racial slurs.